Toucy
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Toucy
|commune status = Commune
|image = Toucy-FR-89-mairie-01.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Toucy
|image coat of arms = Blason Toucy 89.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|47.7372|3.2942|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 89419
|postal code = 89130
|arrondissement = Auxerre
|canton = Cœur de Puisaye
|mayor = Michel Kotovtchikhine{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|elevation min m = 177
|elevation max m = 306
|area km2 = 34.85
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Toucy ({{IPA|fr|tusi}}) is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye.
Personalities
John Law purchased the estate of Toucy from the Duchess of Ventadour{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} on {{date|1719-8-26}}, even though there is no evidence he ever resided there.{{cite book |author=James Buchan |title=John Law: A Scottish Adventurer in the Eighteenth Century |location=London |publisher=Maclehose Press |date=2019}}{{rp|170, 423}} This estate was centered on the town's castle known as château de la Motte-Miton, and allowed Law to go by the title Marquis de Toucy. Law lost the property in 1720 following the collapse of his system.{{cite web |website=L'Yonne Républicaine |url=https://www.lyonne.fr/toucy-89130/actualites/huit-dates-pour-connaitre-john-law-marquis-de-toucy-et-inventeur-du-systeme-bancaire-moderne_13859145/ |date={{date|2020-10-22}} |title=Huit dates pour connaître John Law, marquis de Toucy et inventeur du système bancaire moderne |author=Olivier Richard}}
Toucy was the birthplace and hometown of Pierre Larousse, lexicographer and founder of the publishing house that would later produce one of the most highly popular French dictionaries, Le Petit Larousse.
Léon Noël, French diplomat, politician and historian, died there in his domain in 1987.
Geography
The town lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the river Ouanne, which flows northwest through the commune.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-89419#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |2505
|1975 |2584
|1982 |2665
|1990 |2590
|1999 |2602
|2007 |2672
|2012 |2687
|2017 |2662
}}
See also
References
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